While the man had made his way to Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco's office, the mayor was not in at the time.

A spokesman for Fiacco told reporters that the man appeared distressed.

Friends of Cross were at the court proceedings Wednesday.

Some of them told reporters that Cross suffers from a mental disorder and had been experiencing problems recently, because of his condition.

In 2000 Brendan Cross confronted Stockwell Day during a Canadian Alliance event in Moose Jaw. This image from the encounter was taken from a version that had been uploaded to YouTube.

"I don't think he has any ideas about what has happened or what's gone on in the last few days," Dawn Buchanan said.

Former politician

Cross is known in Saskatchewan as the founder of a short-lived political party and for some previous encounters with the law.

Cross started the First Nations Party in April 2000. It folded the next year.

In October 2000, Cross was in the news after confronting federal politician Stockwell Day, then the leader of the Canadian Alliance party.

In Moose Jaw, Cross asked Day a question about aboriginal policies. Then Cross took out a lighter and tried to set an Alliance policy document on fire. Day grabbed the document, put the fire out, and continued on with his speech.

Previous convictions

In 2002, Cross, 26 at the time, was sentenced to three months in jail and two years of probation after pleading guilty to sex-related charges.

According to information provided to court, a young woman had encountered Cross on the street, where he was naked. He was also engaged in a sexual act. The episode ended when he got into a car and drove away.

In sentencing Cross, it was noted that he had a prior conviction for indecent exposure, in 1997.